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congressman paul ryan joins the romney ticket. we look at what choosing ryan, the powerful house budget committee chairman does for mitt romney's presidential chances. and an update on the 2012 drought: what is the federal government doing now to help farmers. that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> susie: the economic agenda of mitt rney and paul ryan was "top a", across the country today. presidential candidate romney, and his new vice presidential pick, hit the road today to talk to voters about their economic plan. ryan was stumping in iowa, his first event alone. and romney was in florida, continuing his bus tour of swing states. voters, and investors are trying to figure out what this new ticket means for the economy, and their investments. washington bureau chief darren gersh reports. >> reporter: for investment pros, analyzing what paul ryan could mean for markets is two- step process: first, will he help romney win? he has clearly energized conservative voters and may help put wisconsin into romney's column, but his plan to
congressman paul ryan joins the romney ticket. we look at what choosing ryan, the powerful house budget committee chairman does for mitt romney's presidential chances. and an update on the 2012 drought: what is the federal government doing now to help farmers. that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> susie: the economic agenda of mitt rney and paul ryan was "top a", across the country today. presidential candidate romney, and his new vice presidential pick, hit the road...
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>> what a second, romney-ryan, romney-ryan, romney-ryan. >> oh, sweet jesus. >> joe scarborough and mika brzezinski on "morning show." slowly and reluctantly, those who have worked for mitt romney are concluding that he is just not a good political candidate. is that fair, mark? >> it is fair. you wa to go back to the numbers. wherever mitt romney goes, his unfavorable number goes up. in florida in, he was at 35% unfavorable personally. now he is at 48% unfavorable. ohio, 34%, now 49%. it is a problem. that has just been the reverse with obama. what do you do? you could read the rose garden strategy. mitt it does not have a rose garden. >> charles, you write that " romney's and willingness to go big, to go for the larger argument, is simply astonishing ." >> it was a great opening, politically. american embassies of flame, ambassador being killed, an american riots in tunisia -- that is the collapse of a four- year policy on the middle east. rather than make a serious speech connecting the dots and talking about exactly that, the collapse of the policy, the result of a naive approach to
>> what a second, romney-ryan, romney-ryan, romney-ryan. >> oh, sweet jesus. >> joe scarborough and mika brzezinski on "morning show." slowly and reluctantly, those who have worked for mitt romney are concluding that he is just not a good political candidate. is that fair, mark? >> it is fair. you wa to go back to the numbers. wherever mitt romney goes, his unfavorable number goes up. in florida in, he was at 35% unfavorable personally. now he is at 48%...
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less than a third support the plan backed by romney and ryan even though romney asserts he has no plans to change the medicare program for current seniors. right now, the federal government is required to help pay for each medical service used by medicare enrollees with no limits. but those costs are rising and the medicare trust fund will be insolvent in 2024. as house budget chair, ryan passed a plan that would increase the eligibility age gradually from 65 to 67 by 2034 and cap spending increases for medicare at just above the growth rate of the economy. the biggest change: when future beneficiaries-- those currently under 55-- become eligible for medicare, they will receive a set annual amount of money from the government to purchase private insurance or join the traditional government plan. vice president biden lambasted those ideas. and president obama called the plan an end to medicare as we know it, as he told voters in iowa last week. >> they want to turn medicare into a voucher program. that means seniors would no longer have the guarantee of medicare; they'd get a voucher to
less than a third support the plan backed by romney and ryan even though romney asserts he has no plans to change the medicare program for current seniors. right now, the federal government is required to help pay for each medical service used by medicare enrollees with no limits. but those costs are rising and the medicare trust fund will be insolvent in 2024. as house budget chair, ryan passed a plan that would increase the eligibility age gradually from 65 to 67 by 2034 and cap spending...
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have to do more explaining and in the first hour he did a better job hitting at romney than ryan did hitting at obama. i think ryan, though, was, came across as ernest, knowledgeable and polite, whereas especially in that first hour, joe biden was clearly playing b cable debate rules, which is interrupt and talk over your opponent at will. i think al is right that is going to enthuse democrats. i am not sure how it is going to play with undecided voters. me personally and i am not an undecided veert it came across as off putting, obnoxious and rude and i can guarantee that on the shows tomorrow morning and in the cable discussion going forward, tomorrow and into the weekend the biden smiles and the biden smirks and the biden interruptions will be a juicy topic for discussion. >> rose: mark hall snrin. >> halperin? >> well, i am mostly going to paraphrase what rich lowry just said, there are two things that clearly come out of this, one is the detrimentally base is going to be pleased that they thought, saw the somebody fighting on their behalf and being aggressive on a lot of big iss
have to do more explaining and in the first hour he did a better job hitting at romney than ryan did hitting at obama. i think ryan, though, was, came across as ernest, knowledgeable and polite, whereas especially in that first hour, joe biden was clearly playing b cable debate rules, which is interrupt and talk over your opponent at will. i think al is right that is going to enthuse democrats. i am not sure how it is going to play with undecided voters. me personally and i am not an undecided...
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[cheering and applause] mitt romney and paul ryan understand this reality. our well-being at home and our a.i.g.s abroad are inextricably linked. they know our friends and allies must be able to trust us, from israel to columbia, from poland to the philippines. our allies and friends have to know that we will be reliable and consistent and determined. and our foes, our foes can have no reason to doubt our resolve because peace really does come through strength. [cheering and applause] our military capability and our technological advantage will be safe in mitt romney's hands. we must work for an opeloba economy and pursue free and fair trade to grow our exports and our influence abroad. if you are worried about the rise of china, just consider this: the united states has negotiated... the united states has ratified only three trade agreements in the last few years, and those were negotiated in the bush administration. china, china has signed 15 free trade agreements and it's in the progress of negotiating as many as 18 more. sadly, we ar abaoning the field o
[cheering and applause] mitt romney and paul ryan understand this reality. our well-being at home and our a.i.g.s abroad are inextricably linked. they know our friends and allies must be able to trust us, from israel to columbia, from poland to the philippines. our allies and friends have to know that we will be reliable and consistent and determined. and our foes, our foes can have no reason to doubt our resolve because peace really does come through strength. [cheering and applause] our...
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he came to them in their hour of need and stayed with them, is that going to draw more women to the romney-ryan ticket? >> absolutely think that the one thing that is very clear after this week is that romney is a man of character. you may disagree with his politics but clearly he's a man who committed to his family to, his community, he has been a business leadera government leader, no one c stand there say h hasn't sor of really earned this chance to run. i think that he gave a big nod not only to ann romney and the work she did to raise their family but all mothers, men and women who are of young children, who recognize that it's very difficult, you have two people working, you have young children, trying to pay bills, i think really did connect with a lot of people. we were there. it hasn't always been this easy. >> what did you think about those speeches and -- >> i think the thing about is when she talks about five screaming kids. she didn't work. but if you have two or three kids and you are taking care of them and you are trying to appeal to women, that will appeal to you. >> but will s
he came to them in their hour of need and stayed with them, is that going to draw more women to the romney-ryan ticket? >> absolutely think that the one thing that is very clear after this week is that romney is a man of character. you may disagree with his politics but clearly he's a man who committed to his family to, his community, he has been a business leadera government leader, no one c stand there say h hasn't sor of really earned this chance to run. i think that he gave a big nod...
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and paul ryan, i mean, i know were talking about romney, but paul ryan said something last night that - he said, you know, that obama enacted this thing nobody asked for it. nobody wanted it. well, obama ran on health care. he said this is what i want to do. this is what im offering to you. and we elected him. >> suarez: what are the major issues for you as you make up your minds in the next couple of weeks, ben? >> i tnk really for me, i was a little disappointed that he sortf education, he mentioned it for about a sentence. i would have liked to have seen that a little bit more. this might entirely be because my mother is a teacher and im a college student, but, i mean, really feel that education is probably one of the most important things that our government can do for us. >> what he needed to do - what he could have done that would have been, i think, very helpful for me, is to tell me how your business experience translates into being the chief executive of our country and developing jobs for our economy. and maybe you cant do it in a 30-minute speech, maybe that's the problem.
and paul ryan, i mean, i know were talking about romney, but paul ryan said something last night that - he said, you know, that obama enacted this thing nobody asked for it. nobody wanted it. well, obama ran on health care. he said this is what i want to do. this is what im offering to you. and we elected him. >> suarez: what are the major issues for you as you make up your minds in the next couple of weeks, ben? >> i tnk really for me, i was a little disappointed that he sortf...
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that's the difference between the romney ryan plan. by the way, they talk a lot about the deficit charlie, what they don't say is that the romney ryan plan will take 29 years to solve the deficit. they-- it is a little thing that me-- . >> rose: how many years will it take for president obama's proposal. >> it will be much shorter than that. >> rose: 10 years, 20 year, 15 years. >> probably somewhere around 15. but i don't have an exact number. i do kowecause they haven't analyzed that, what i do know is that his plan would take about, almost three decades. >> rose: will the president lay out the future in this convention. >> without question. he will play out his plan for its deficit, his plan for job creation, and by the way, moody analytic, do you know where mr. romney got the 12 million number, as you know, he talked about creating 12 million jobsment didn't say how he was going to do it. the president in in distinction will, but moody analytics, separate, independent of the president has said if we stay the course with respect to
that's the difference between the romney ryan plan. by the way, they talk a lot about the deficit charlie, what they don't say is that the romney ryan plan will take 29 years to solve the deficit. they-- it is a little thing that me-- . >> rose: how many years will it take for president obama's proposal. >> it will be much shorter than that. >> rose: 10 years, 20 year, 15 years. >> probably somewhere around 15. but i don't have an exact number. i do kowecause they...
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this won make or break the election of the romney/ryan ticket. it's about the economy and other issues that are more important. >> if it's supposed to -- and you're right, it's a base motivator but if it's supposed to be a base motivator and the polls show romney really falling behind at this point, is it going to help? >> i don't finish she falling behind. there are so many polls out there that you can look at. but it really -- >> most recent abc news, washington post, and those kind of polls have shown us is that activityically significant gap andn the battle ground states, it's even worse like in ohio. all of a sudden they were neck-and-neck and a few months ago, romney was ahead and obama is 6 or 7 points ahead. >> you have to look at enthusiasm in those numbers and i think that is where they are aiming for. pun intended. it's to keep those enthusiasm numbers high and they are very high. they are high or about at the point you want them the week or two before the election. they are that high. and i think ryan did this, i don't finish it was a
this won make or break the election of the romney/ryan ticket. it's about the economy and other issues that are more important. >> if it's supposed to -- and you're right, it's a base motivator but if it's supposed to be a base motivator and the polls show romney really falling behind at this point, is it going to help? >> i don't finish she falling behind. there are so many polls out there that you can look at. but it really -- >> most recent abc news, washington post, and...
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idea lodge, ballast of the romney ryan ticket. and the democrats, obama and biden are going to talk about ryan for the next two months. the only point of actual direct engagement with paul ryan will be that night on that debate stage. and will it change the election? who knows but a lot of people will pay attention to it. so the pressure on bidesen extraordinarily high which goes back to the original point of why they picked ryan. because now ryan at least has a shot of changing the dynamic a little bit in that debate. i don't think as john was saying that a portman-biden debate would have done that. >> rose: go ahead. >> no, no, i'm great. >> rose: all right. i want to make this point. there are a lot of people, in terms-- and they always ought to be made in politics t is what the people are going to vote say rather than people like us or people who write think and maggie-- having said that you have neil ferguson saying he went to this meeting on the cover story in "newsweek", saying he went to this meeting and said to himself pa
idea lodge, ballast of the romney ryan ticket. and the democrats, obama and biden are going to talk about ryan for the next two months. the only point of actual direct engagement with paul ryan will be that night on that debate stage. and will it change the election? who knows but a lot of people will pay attention to it. so the pressure on bidesen extraordinarily high which goes back to the original point of why they picked ryan. because now ryan at least has a shot of changing the dynamic a...
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, i don't tnk there's any doubt that congressman ryan and i, governor romney and the president, we have a fundamentally different vision for america. and quite frankly a fundamentally different value set. >> woodruff: democrats had been down after president obama's performance last week, but the vice-president aggressively challenged every point ryan made, prompting this exchange. >> mr. vice president, i know you're under a lot of duress... >> ( laughs ) >> ...to make up for lost ground, but i think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other. >> well, don't take all the four minutes, then. >> woodruff: the president was quick to hail that performance immediately after the debate. >> i thought joe biden was terrific tonight. i could not be prouder of him. i thought he made a very strong case. >> woodruff: republican ryan sounded upbeat about how he'd done at a diner this morning before leaving lexington, kentucky. >> i felt great about it. >> reporter: did you feel knocked around by him? >> no, it's what i expected. >> woodruff: and mitt romney praised his ru
, i don't tnk there's any doubt that congressman ryan and i, governor romney and the president, we have a fundamentally different vision for america. and quite frankly a fundamentally different value set. >> woodruff: democrats had been down after president obama's performance last week, but the vice-president aggressively challenged every point ryan made, prompting this exchange. >> mr. vice president, i know you're under a lot of duress... >> ( laughs ) >> ...to make...
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now they are trying to blame its romney-ryan particular for making this an issue. with respect to iraq, we had the same position before the withdrawal which was, we agreed with the obama administration. let's have a aeeme to make sure we secure our game. the vice president was put in charge of those negotiations by president obama. and they failed to get the agreement. we don't have a force as agreement because they failed to get one. that is what we are talking about. and when it comes to our veterans, we owe them a great debt of gratitude. for what they've done for us. including your son, beau, but we also want to make sure we don't lose the things we fought so hard to get. and with respect to afghan tan, the 2014 deadline, we agreed with the 2014 transition am but what we ao wa to isake sure we're not protect ing weakness abroad. and that's what is happening here. this benghazi issue would be a tragedy in and of itself. but unfortunately, it's indicative of a broader problem. and that is what we are watching on our tv screens is the unraveling of the obama forei
now they are trying to blame its romney-ryan particular for making this an issue. with respect to iraq, we had the same position before the withdrawal which was, we agreed with the obama administration. let's have a aeeme to make sure we secure our game. the vice president was put in charge of those negotiations by president obama. and they failed to get the agreement. we don't have a force as agreement because they failed to get one. that is what we are talking about. and when it comes to our...
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thank you. >> ifill: after a weekend spent together, the romney-ryan team split up today to hunt for votes in the south and midwest. president obama and vice- president biden were in the same regions, and the two sides trained their sights on each other. >> holman: mitt romney stumped solo this morning for the first time since saturday, when he announced wisconsin congressman paul ryan as his vice presidential choice. in st. augustine, florida, the republican presidential hopeful praised ryan as "a great leader." >> a man who has proven that he knows how to solve problems. he did not just go to washington, d.c. and become involved in public service to try and make a name for himself; he instead went to make things better for the american people. >> holman: ryan, 42, is married and has three school-age children. he was a protege of former republican congressman and vice presidential candidate jack kemp. ryan first was elected to congress in 1998 and now is serving his seventh term. he became chair of the house budget committee last year after republicans took control following the 201
thank you. >> ifill: after a weekend spent together, the romney-ryan team split up today to hunt for votes in the south and midwest. president obama and vice- president biden were in the same regions, and the two sides trained their sights on each other. >> holman: mitt romney stumped solo this morning for the first time since saturday, when he announced wisconsin congressman paul ryan as his vice presidential choice. in st. augustine, florida, the republican presidential hopeful...
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in choosing ryan as his running mate, mitt romney has embraced the man and, to an extent that's not fully clear yet, his ideas. i asked pollster andy kohut about public reaction. >> early polling is a very mixed reaction. gallup does a survey immediately after his announcement and finds 37% positive, 42% negative. we do a survey this past weekend asking people to give us one word dcriptions. and we find a so many negative words as positive words. in short, his initial reaction is the least positive of any vice-presidental nominee since dan quayle. >> brown: we're there any particular attributes, whether it's age or policies or whatever that are driving this? >> for republicans, it's words that reflect enthusiasm; he's intelligent, he's enthusiastic, good guy. we agree with him. for democrats, they say he's a phony, he scares, me, too radical, that kind of thing. >> brown: but another of wisconsin's rising national stars, governor scott walker, is sure that ryan is going to give an important boost to the presidential nominee. >> most voters knew that mitt romney had the skills that made hi
in choosing ryan as his running mate, mitt romney has embraced the man and, to an extent that's not fully clear yet, his ideas. i asked pollster andy kohut about public reaction. >> early polling is a very mixed reaction. gallup does a survey immediately after his announcement and finds 37% positive, 42% negative. we do a survey this past weekend asking people to give us one word dcriptions. and we find a so many negative words as positive words. in short, his initial reaction is the...
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mitt romney and paul ryan. >> why is it not happening? you cannot do anything between now and the election, but you can do something in january. as we mentioned before, a steady improvement in the economy, an improvement that would benefit the next president, by the way. >> 2% growth is pretty -- >> i welcome the cliff. congress is just a hopeless, completely hopeless. it will take over the cliff to get the deal could i am hopeful that we will get a deal, and want measurement is a businessman, who don't like taxes, getting together and saying, hey, taxes. >> "i will elcome the cff" by at the thomas. >> evan always thinks that if it gets really bad, the problem will solve itself. wrong. it has just gotten worse. >> i respect the ceo's. i wonder where they were when we were trying to work out a debt ceiling arrangement i wonder where they were when mitt romney's 1 or promise, 20% across-the-board tax cut, and how you achieve any kind of sanity o debt and deficit without that is beyond my comprehension. >> maybe he doesn't believe that, eith
mitt romney and paul ryan. >> why is it not happening? you cannot do anything between now and the election, but you can do something in january. as we mentioned before, a steady improvement in the economy, an improvement that would benefit the next president, by the way. >> 2% growth is pretty -- >> i welcome the cliff. congress is just a hopeless, completely hopeless. it will take over the cliff to get the deal could i am hopeful that we will get a deal, and want measurement...
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and ryan does help romney in some parts of the state. romney almost lost-- he barely won the march primary, and those voters that went for rick santorum in the rural and urban parts of ohio, it's thought maybe ryan could help romney with those voters gloo kay henderson in iowa, what about this medicare question we've within talking about? iowa is a state that has seen its economy suffer. >> the unemployment rate here has done a little uptick in the past month. in regards to the issue, the romney campaign is running an ad which essentially accuses of president of being ahief. the obama campaign has been running advertisements here trying to define mitt romney as some sort of robber baron who doesn't care about voters. so if you look at the campaign advertising, and what the candidates have been talking about on the stump here in iowa, it has appeared until today, this afternoon, that the candidates are trying to energize their base of voters, because it appears that iowa is among the purplest of states, perhaps still in this election cycl
and ryan does help romney in some parts of the state. romney almost lost-- he barely won the march primary, and those voters that went for rick santorum in the rural and urban parts of ohio, it's thought maybe ryan could help romney with those voters gloo kay henderson in iowa, what about this medicare question we've within talking about? iowa is a state that has seen its economy suffer. >> the unemployment rate here has done a little uptick in the past month. in regards to the issue, the...
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we can do this. >> of course, paul ryan and mitt romney are focused on november. obama andsident, an vice president biden, who, by the way, will attend the republican convention. the congressional budget office this week was focused on january, and his staff between republicans d democrats -- standoff between republicans and democrats. it would drive us into recession and cost 2 million jobs by the end of the year. >> this really scares me. having watched the way that the republicans and some democrats over raising the debt, and you talk to economists and they say we would not be in the pickle we are in today if we raise the debt and got the deal earlier. you watch as congress seems to be incapable of coming to consensus on anything. david brooks had a column in which he said that each party has a fantasy that the other doesn't exist. that fantasy could drive us into the ground. >> he also blasted paul ryan for not approving the erskine bowles -- >> that was his tennessee. he started out by saying that it was paul ryan's fantasy. >> the operative words are recessi
we can do this. >> of course, paul ryan and mitt romney are focused on november. obama andsident, an vice president biden, who, by the way, will attend the republican convention. the congressional budget office this week was focused on january, and his staff between republicans d democrats -- standoff between republicans and democrats. it would drive us into recession and cost 2 million jobs by the end of the year. >> this really scares me. having watched the way that the...
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. >> on wednesday night, vice-president nominee paul ryan a catholic linked his own faith with romney's. >> our faiths come together in the same moral creed. we believe that in every life there is goodness. for every person there is hope. each one of us was made for a reason, bearing the image and likeness of the lord of life. >> prior to this week, there had been few explicit references to romney's mormonism from the campaign, and there has been intense debate about whether the topic should be addressed head on. according to the pew research center, half of all americans say it doesn't bother them when politicians talk about how religious they are. two-thirds of americans say it is important for a president to have strong religious beliefs. and among republicans, that number jumps to more than 80%. mark dumas is an evangelical and close romney adviser on faith issues. he says he's been impressed by the depth of romney's religious beliefs. >> this is a really rock solid faith they think guides this man when he wakes up until he goes to bed. >> i trust his character, his integrity, it is
. >> on wednesday night, vice-president nominee paul ryan a catholic linked his own faith with romney's. >> our faiths come together in the same moral creed. we believe that in every life there is goodness. for every person there is hope. each one of us was made for a reason, bearing the image and likeness of the lord of life. >> prior to this week, there had been few explicit references to romney's mormonism from the campaign, and there has been intense debate about whether...
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president obama goes after romney and ryan in the way the democrats go after the gop when it comes to entitlements, but as we know, last summer, president obama was happy to make serious changes to medicare in exchange for getting a grand bargain. if he is reelected, he will go back to the table and i am sure the same questions will be on the tae again he has said he is open to making those changes. >> let me explain the difference between what obama would do with a $716 billion, and what romney and ryan would do. obama takes the money out of medicare and reduces the payments to doctors and hospitals which obviously reduces services. one sixth of all hospitals will have to shut down or refuse the elderly. he takes the money, and the 716 he saves, and places it into a new entitlement called obamacare, which will fund the uninsured. good cause but it takes from a and gives to b. what ryan does, in the original plan, he takes the same amount, and put it back into the medicare trust fund so it is a way to invest in the future. medicare is a way to see that we are going to cut a little now
president obama goes after romney and ryan in the way the democrats go after the gop when it comes to entitlements, but as we know, last summer, president obama was happy to make serious changes to medicare in exchange for getting a grand bargain. if he is reelected, he will go back to the table and i am sure the same questions will be on the tae again he has said he is open to making those changes. >> let me explain the difference between what obama would do with a $716 billion, and what...
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on that level and you can see paul ryan having being the sort of person that mitt romney would have hired wh he was at bain capital. >> woouff:oes is mean it improves romney's chances at winning? >> what does it mean in terms of the longer term. >> i don't think it durx judy. i think it makes the election a lot more choice than simply a referendum on barack obama which is what you ideally would like to have it. given the state of the economy, unemployment in the country and the doubts about the president's job rating. you want it to be a referendum on him. i think because paul ryan comes with a definition w a precise biography, with an established ideology and philosophy, something that mitt romneyoesn't have, it makes it it a lot more of a choice election amount of and quite bluntly, i think that if i were running the republican campaign and thank goodness both for them and me that i'm not, i want it to be about the economy. i want it to be about jobs, 8% unemployment. i don't want it to be about medicare. >> woodruff: what about this idea, rich, that instead of the focus on the ec
on that level and you can see paul ryan having being the sort of person that mitt romney would have hired wh he was at bain capital. >> woouff:oes is mean it improves romney's chances at winning? >> what does it mean in terms of the longer term. >> i don't think it durx judy. i think it makes the election a lot more choice than simply a referendum on barack obama which is what you ideally would like to have it. given the state of the economy, unemployment in the country and...
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mitt romney and congressman ryan want to take away the promise that makes medicare medicare. they want to give seniors a voucher that cap what is medicare will cover and then tell our seniors they're on their own for what's left that would cost our seniors thousands of dollars every year and if they don't have the money it could cost our seniors their lives. but that didn't stop romney and ryan from telling the american people that their plan won't hurt seniors. the fact is, it will. and president obama's plan will protect medicare and protect our seniors. (cheers and applause) facts are stubborn things! (applause) now, when congressman ryan got his turn he blamed president obama for an auto plant that closed under president george w. bush. remember him? here is the fact, congressman ryan: when president obama took office in january of 2009 the chrysler plant in belvedere, illinois, employed just 200 people. and today because president obama saved the auto industry that same chrysler plant is employing more than 4,000 american workers! (cheers and applause) now, there's somet
mitt romney and congressman ryan want to take away the promise that makes medicare medicare. they want to give seniors a voucher that cap what is medicare will cover and then tell our seniors they're on their own for what's left that would cost our seniors thousands of dollars every year and if they don't have the money it could cost our seniors their lives. but that didn't stop romney and ryan from telling the american people that their plan won't hurt seniors. the fact is, it will. and...
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the romney/ryan people uncomfortable. >> do we have favorite political debts? >> it did not cost him the election, but it should have, but the president saying if you have a business, you did not build that. pele aue the syntax, and it is the context, he meant it is the government that builds roads and bridges, and i thought it was pretty telling the way he uses government versus the private sector. that is my nominee. romney's was the most devastating. the 47%einforced a stereotype that obama had spent a lot of money doing in ads, and after that, he really could not shake it. >> what about binders full of women recruiting for him? >> i think he topped that st- ection with his description of obama winning because of the gifts that he gave. >> but that was after the election. i was just wondering about the impact it had on women voters. >> he had this very well-paid adviser who was unbelievably cautious and felt he could win is by default. how he could put clint eastwood up there and not know what clint eastwood was going to say has to be the biggest single poli
the romney/ryan people uncomfortable. >> do we have favorite political debts? >> it did not cost him the election, but it should have, but the president saying if you have a business, you did not build that. pele aue the syntax, and it is the context, he meant it is the government that builds roads and bridges, and i thought it was pretty telling the way he uses government versus the private sector. that is my nominee. romney's was the most devastating. the 47%einforced a stereotype...
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thinking about that, i -- i have to say, you know, i'm morally challenged to think about supporting romney/ryan as a pro-life voter. >> on the jewish front there was outrage after the democratic platform eliminated a previous provision asserting that jerusalem is and will remain the capital of israel. that provision was later reinserted, along with the mention of god. republican jewish activists have been arguing president obama is vulnerable among jewish voters because of his policy onisrael. but leaders here said it's strong to stereotype jewish views. jeremy is the president of "j-street." >> there's a wide range of views when it comes to israel. turns out the majority are moderate in their views and not as hawkish and militant as the loudest voices that are heard. >> he's confident jews will vote for obama in high numbers in november. >> that vote is not up for grabs in any significant way, certainly not when it comes to israel. >> we're standing because we do not believe in same-sex marriage. >> among some black protestants there was concern earlier this year after president obama cha
thinking about that, i -- i have to say, you know, i'm morally challenged to think about supporting romney/ryan as a pro-life voter. >> on the jewish front there was outrage after the democratic platform eliminated a previous provision asserting that jerusalem is and will remain the capital of israel. that provision was later reinserted, along with the mention of god. republican jewish activists have been arguing president obama is vulnerable among jewish voters because of his policy...
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>> i hope that both ryan, paul ryan, and governor romney will introduce themselves as men, as individuals, as family guys because a lot of people may be familiar with their general politics but they also hear just the 30-second ads. so swing voters, guys who are still making up their mind who romney is as a person and the same thing with ryan, i think that's important. the second piece is to make sure people understand the ryan plan, the welfare reform, the medicare reforms, so that people have a general sense that they're comfortable with those, that they're not scary, that they will work and if they can do those two things, both of which are global, that's a good thing. >> rose: with respect to governor romney, do you believe somehow that the man he is is not being perceived by america? not withstanding the fact that he's been campaigning across this country for a fair number of months? >> if you sat through a half hour speech of his you probably got it. but most americans haven't. they get soundbites from television and they haven't had the 15-minute conversation. >> rose: he's been al
>> i hope that both ryan, paul ryan, and governor romney will introduce themselves as men, as individuals, as family guys because a lot of people may be familiar with their general politics but they also hear just the 30-second ads. so swing voters, guys who are still making up their mind who romney is as a person and the same thing with ryan, i think that's important. the second piece is to make sure people understand the ryan plan, the welfare reform, the medicare reforms, so that...
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now paul ryan, medicare, romney's taxes. as long as the focus is on romney, it creates doubts about him. as long as he's been unable to ingratiate himself with the american public and to be accepted by them, even though the president isn't doing great as susan suggests, president obama has a better chance. >> ifill: why then if today's distraction provided a... frames this question for me. we spent the last week arguing about' medicare which usually isn't the kind of thing that allows to define the other guy necessarily especially when this seems to be a stand-off over who is going to... >> it's interesting. republicans have taken this head on and tried to take the offensive in medicare which we usually think of as a democrat issue. we had to do that with the pick of paul ryan as a running mate because he has a specific plan on medicare that they felt they had to defend and explain. they did succeed in putting the white house, presidentbama, a litt on the defensive over wh the affordable care act does to medicare. to that de
now paul ryan, medicare, romney's taxes. as long as the focus is on romney, it creates doubts about him. as long as he's been unable to ingratiate himself with the american public and to be accepted by them, even though the president isn't doing great as susan suggests, president obama has a better chance. >> ifill: why then if today's distraction provided a... frames this question for me. we spent the last week arguing about' medicare which usually isn't the kind of thing that allows to...
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we need romney-ryan, and we need them now. [cheering and alause] and with your help, it's going to happen. thank you and god bless our great country. [cheering and applause] >> ifill: that was rob portman, the senator from ohio. interestingly enough, we're going to go to steve cohen from ohio, who has a machine company outside of columbus. ohio night. >> good evening. my name is steven cohen, and i am president of screen machine industries. a family owned manufacturer of construction and mining equipment located in the great buckeye state of ohio. [cheering and applause] and, yes, we did build this company. our country's nearly 30 million small businesses serve as the american backbone for job creation and product innovation, the opportunity to create new products and open new markets is the american dream. this capitalistic spirit has supported our economy since its founding. as a manufacturer, our products are the heartbeat of our business. we can't tolerate other companies stealing hard work without compensation. it can tak
we need romney-ryan, and we need them now. [cheering and alause] and with your help, it's going to happen. thank you and god bless our great country. [cheering and applause] >> ifill: that was rob portman, the senator from ohio. interestingly enough, we're going to go to steve cohen from ohio, who has a machine company outside of columbus. ohio night. >> good evening. my name is steven cohen, and i am president of screen machine industries. a family owned manufacturer of...
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romney and ryan have a specific plan that changes the structure of medicare. how do you think it's going to play? >> it's very part is smart of romney people. every campaign the democrats have attacked the republicans, republicans going to cut medicare, take aware your social security. that was going if he an issue the whole time. one thing we've learned, david, the longer the debate and the more people learn about medicare, the more likely they are to be on our sierkd the more facts they get, the more information they have. not only did obama took $716 and die vertd it over ten years away from medicare but there's only been one time since medicare came into being in 1965 spending actually went down. only one time. went down a fraction under bill clinton. it wasn't under a republican president. people know that medicare -- barack obama has told us it's unsustainable in its current form and something has to be done. this debate about is what? the longer the debate goes on the better for us. >> woodruff: coming out of this convention governor barbour what is mit
romney and ryan have a specific plan that changes the structure of medicare. how do you think it's going to play? >> it's very part is smart of romney people. every campaign the democrats have attacked the republicans, republicans going to cut medicare, take aware your social security. that was going if he an issue the whole time. one thing we've learned, david, the longer the debate and the more people learn about medicare, the more likely they are to be on our sierkd the more facts they...
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and that is what we will have in a romney ryan administration. >> holman: romney and ryan also accused the president of dismissing israel's concerns about iran's nuclear program. ryan said it amounts to "indifference bordering on contempt." negotiators in the week-old teachers strike in chicago now say they've achieved a framework for a deal. the school district and the teachers union will spend the weekend working out details, and the unn will vote on sunday. that means some 350,000 students could return to school monday. neither side would specify what they've worked out on the contentious issues of pay and teacher evaluations. in afghanistan, a bus and truck collided today, killing at least 51 people. it happened in the east, in ghazni province, on a highway linking the capital, kabul, with kandahar. a local official said the cause of the collision was under investigation, but he did not rule out that it was triggered by an attack. the russian parliament today expelled a lawmaker who had turned against president vladimir putin. it was a new signal that a crackdown on dissent is inte
and that is what we will have in a romney ryan administration. >> holman: romney and ryan also accused the president of dismissing israel's concerns about iran's nuclear program. ryan said it amounts to "indifference bordering on contempt." negotiators in the week-old teachers strike in chicago now say they've achieved a framework for a deal. the school district and the teachers union will spend the weekend working out details, and the unn will vote on sunday. that means some...
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, jared bernstein, the president clearly trying to tie paul ryan with mitt romney. why not run at mitt romney and what mitt romney has said rather than.... >> i think it's a fair question. i think it's because mitt romney endorsed this vision. he called this, this budget, he said it was a marvelous dget. he said this is a budget i would want to adapt. something to that effect. i think that that really aligns him with this extremely stark and austere vision of the role of government in the lives of people who actually need help. >> woodruff: speaking of that, dan mitchell, we heard the president in effect separating paul ryan from... i mean, he talked about the record of president richard nixon. president george w. bush. suggesting that what paul ryan is suggesting is much farther right than even these other republican presidents, what they've done. >> that's because both nixon and bush were both big government interventionists. my biggest problem the obama is he's continuing the failed policies of bush. bush doubled the size of the federal government in just eight y
, jared bernstein, the president clearly trying to tie paul ryan with mitt romney. why not run at mitt romney and what mitt romney has said rather than.... >> i think it's a fair question. i think it's because mitt romney endorsed this vision. he called this, this budget, he said it was a marvelous dget. he said this is a budget i would want to adapt. something to that effect. i think that that really aligns him with this extremely stark and austere vision of the role of government in the...
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. >> there is paul ryan teaming up with romney in wisconsin. marco rubio keeps saying no. >> theare comfortable with each other. do you go macro or micro? i want to carry estate, that is why i want rockport and. or do you go macro, make a statement about who i am, and he picks somebody outside of the political arena -- david petraeus. paul ryan brings with him a lot of conservative columnists and it certainly the editorial page of "the wall street journal." >> governor of new mexico, governor of south carolina? >> if politicians have learned anything from palin, it is you have to have somebody who is bent in the world a bit -- has been in the world a bit. if you choose somebody who is a relative novice, you are asking for trouble. >> the person he would like to pick, i think,s rob portman. his kind of guy. >> safe choices -- pawlenty, mitch daniels, john thune. >> all safe. lcomplete anti-charisma at ticket. [laughter] might work, considering who we elected in 2008. marco rubio -- look, i am sure there are a lot ofeopl in that have been looking
. >> there is paul ryan teaming up with romney in wisconsin. marco rubio keeps saying no. >> theare comfortable with each other. do you go macro or micro? i want to carry estate, that is why i want rockport and. or do you go macro, make a statement about who i am, and he picks somebody outside of the political arena -- david petraeus. paul ryan brings with him a lot of conservative columnists and it certainly the editorial page of "the wall street journal." >>...
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whether there is a different mitt romney to really carry the fight. >> warner: susan, what do the romney-ryan team think it has to do with vice president biden to try to keep the momentum going? >> well... arner: and not become a target of all these questions about the ryan plan. >> you know, a debate where people said that republicans won, that would be great news for the romney team trying to build on this progress that they made since the last debate. because of course as andy knows better than anyone, findings that go your way quickly can go away quickly. it indicates a race in some flux. i think specifically they're going to want to be in a position to defend the attacks they know are coming especially on the issues of medicare and domestic spending because you can tie paul ryan to the paul ryan budget plan that has some things that will be controversial with voters including voters in swing states. >> warner: a quick final thought from you. to what degree to vice presidential debates shift the momentum of any campaign. >> hardly much at all. the famous debate we think about is benson an
whether there is a different mitt romney to really carry the fight. >> warner: susan, what do the romney-ryan team think it has to do with vice president biden to try to keep the momentum going? >> well... arner: and not become a target of all these questions about the ryan plan. >> you know, a debate where people said that republicans won, that would be great news for the romney team trying to build on this progress that they made since the last debate. because of course as...
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mitt romney and paul ryan will be up to the job on day one. [cheers and applause] like paul ryan, i'm from wisconsin, where republicans have done pretty well in recent years. well here's why. because we govern like we campaign. we made promises and we kept promises. that's what americans want. leaders of their word. well, president obama, as we all know, is a man of many words but he's not a man of his word. he broke his promise to cut the deficit in half. and he broke his promise to fix the economy. and adding insult to injury, he actually attacks success. this president looks down on american free enterprise. as speaker boehner just said, the president said if you got a business, you didn't build that. we do build it, right? [crowd cheering] that makes me think, that makes me think that barack obama has a problem with the american dream. i grew up in a place called cause kenosha, wisconsin. my dad was an electrician and he retired from the unified school district. you know when we drove through the town, he didn't point to that big beautiful
mitt romney and paul ryan will be up to the job on day one. [cheers and applause] like paul ryan, i'm from wisconsin, where republicans have done pretty well in recent years. well here's why. because we govern like we campaign. we made promises and we kept promises. that's what americans want. leaders of their word. well, president obama, as we all know, is a man of many words but he's not a man of his word. he broke his promise to cut the deficit in half. and he broke his promise to fix the...
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romney is tied to it. >> what will be fascinating is if mitt romney did choose paul ryan as a running mate. whatever one says about paul ryan, he is the intellectual start of the republican party. as did i -- as it is might now come romney's record is that those who are comfortable will be more comfortable. barack obama said that the oer 98% of your taxes will be raised. you are only to raise taxes -- on the top less than 2% of americans, those making over $250,000 -- both of them are basically saying "free lunch." >> former president george bush said this week that if you do that, you are taxing small businesses and slowing down job creators. >> first of all, the first thing that what happened in the second obama administration is that the bush tax cuts would go out of the fact. there would be more revenue from that. that would happen instantly. there is this growing economic gap in this country, which obama would try to address some what, and obama is comfortable with saying that if you make money, we will help you make more money but i don't think he is opposed to some sort of sitt
romney is tied to it. >> what will be fascinating is if mitt romney did choose paul ryan as a running mate. whatever one says about paul ryan, he is the intellectual start of the republican party. as did i -- as it is might now come romney's record is that those who are comfortable will be more comfortable. barack obama said that the oer 98% of your taxes will be raised. you are only to raise taxes -- on the top less than 2% of americans, those making over $250,000 -- both of them are...
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shall nominee's budget plan as a way to, you know, really hit mitt romney and paul ryan saying that they'll dismantle medicare. so i could see this comment really coming into play... them using them to say they want to tax low-income people. >> ifill: does paul ryan's tough budget make it difficult for mitt romney to back too far away from an argument like this? >> it certainly does because a lot of thespenng cuts that representative ryan has proposed would fall on low-income people. he wants to block grand medicaid. he wants to block grant food stamps. these would turn the funding over the states and completely change the scope of it from an entitlement program to something with limited funding. that would mean that fewer people could take advantage of it. >> ifill: going to be a very interesting argument to watch play out. nancy cook from national journal, roberton williams from the tax policy. thank you both very much. >> you're welcome. thank you. woodruff:ook for cmmen from romney's remarks. my interview with bob woodward will air soon. there's more politics coming up, with a l
shall nominee's budget plan as a way to, you know, really hit mitt romney and paul ryan saying that they'll dismantle medicare. so i could see this comment really coming into play... them using them to say they want to tax low-income people. >> ifill: does paul ryan's tough budget make it difficult for mitt romney to back too far away from an argument like this? >> it certainly does because a lot of thespenng cuts that representative ryan has proposed would fall on low-income...
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obviously, romney and ryan worked it out in little better. but paul ryan had this sickly sweet and semi smile and smug. obama was disastrous looking down all the time. joe biden had the smile takick. none of it was good. if you put the camera on trout's while i was talking a he is gog li this -- on charles while i was talking and he is going like this. >> what i am talking about on strength is, if i sit here and i lie about charles -- what happens is that the legitimate response is one of anger. you're lying again and i ll not take it. the president was an emotional when romney was openly fabricating about administration policy and his own positions and his failure to show any emotion , that the lied to viewers and voters a sense of weakness. >> see you next week. >> for a transcript to this broadcast, right to inside washington. >> brought to you in part by the american federation of government employees, proud to make america work. for more information about afge and membership, visit
obviously, romney and ryan worked it out in little better. but paul ryan had this sickly sweet and semi smile and smug. obama was disastrous looking down all the time. joe biden had the smile takick. none of it was good. if you put the camera on trout's while i was talking a he is gog li this -- on charles while i was talking and he is going like this. >> what i am talking about on strength is, if i sit here and i lie about charles -- what happens is that the legitimate response is one of...
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. >> reporter: on the other side, republican senator ron johnson had joined up with romney-ryan campaign bus. >> this thing is going to go right down to the wire. i'm cautiously optimistic about it. >> reporter: in fact, barack obama won this state handily in 2008 he was well ahead here this year until the first debate, when mitt romney gained ground. >> when mitt romney led bain, hundreds of plants, factories, and stores were shuttered. workers saw their wages slashed, their jobs sent overseas. >> look at the evidence of the last four years. under the president's policies, middle income americans have been buried. hay ear just being crushe >> reporte for lal cizens that's meant a flood of ads, stuffed mailboxes, thousands of phone calls and knocks on their doors. by one recent count, this area is the most saturated political market in the nation. the national campaign for the presidency has come down to a battle for a relatively small number of swing counties and brown county here is one of them for the competing parties, everything now depends on organization, the so-called ground game
. >> reporter: on the other side, republican senator ron johnson had joined up with romney-ryan campaign bus. >> this thing is going to go right down to the wire. i'm cautiously optimistic about it. >> reporter: in fact, barack obama won this state handily in 2008 he was well ahead here this year until the first debate, when mitt romney gained ground. >> when mitt romney led bain, hundreds of plants, factories, and stores were shuttered. workers saw their wages slashed,...
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haven't had a chance to ask you about the romney choice of paul ryan, has that changed the dime snick. >> first of all i thought it was substantively heroic because ryan does give some-- my first reaction was political disaster for two reasons. why, house republicans are the most unpopular group in america. and he's a house republican. so i thought romney had to distance himself. two, medicare is a really popular program. i think it's a completely unsustainable program that has to befundamentallically changed but it is really popular. so you are tying yourself to two losing issues. having said that, at least in the couple weeks since ryan has been picked, that nightmare scenario has not hurt romney, in part because one thing i didn't appreciate f people see romney as this flip-flopper who will just be for whatever is popular, picking ryan, going into that medicare moreas wasctually a sign o somteal there. and so it sort of has hasn't been so bad and i think ryan is pretty effective. >> woodruff: like the democrats thought or many of them were saying that they thought the medicare issu
haven't had a chance to ask you about the romney choice of paul ryan, has that changed the dime snick. >> first of all i thought it was substantively heroic because ryan does give some-- my first reaction was political disaster for two reasons. why, house republicans are the most unpopular group in america. and he's a house republican. so i thought romney had to distance himself. two, medicare is a really popular program. i think it's a completely unsustainable program that has to...
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an avowed catholic, ryan is strongly anti-abortion, as is romney. women made up 54% of the vote four years ago, and favored obama slightly more than men did. the obama team sees another opening this year. >> i don't think the government, you know, should, should be in my bedroom, should be in my doctor's office, should be determining who i'm allowed to marry. >> woodruff: we caught up with mary mclean and a trio of other mothers of young children taking an exercise class in loudon county. three had voted for obama last time; and all shared her view on abortion. >> you shouldn't be able to dictate morality to people. i think it should be a choice, and i think everybody should be able to choose for themselves. >> woodruff: but the main issue these ex-urban moms say is on their minds is the economy. and two of the three who supported obama in '08 say they still aren't decided this me. >> one thing that interests me from the romney side was he seems to have an interesting way of thinking about letting people savings and investments. but i don't know tha
an avowed catholic, ryan is strongly anti-abortion, as is romney. women made up 54% of the vote four years ago, and favored obama slightly more than men did. the obama team sees another opening this year. >> i don't think the government, you know, should, should be in my bedroom, should be in my doctor's office, should be determining who i'm allowed to marry. >> woodruff: we caught up with mary mclean and a trio of other mothers of young children taking an exercise class in loudon...
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among its findings, only 51% know the romney-ryan plan would preserve traditional medicare for those 55 and older and retain it as an option for those now younger than that. only about half knew that mitt romn would keep the sh x cu in ple. fewer than half knew that romney and not obama had promised to increase defense spending. only 23% were aware that payroll taxes had decreased during obama's term in office. only slightly more than half knew that paul ryan is the republican vice presidential nominee. the director of the annenberg center, kathleen hall jamieson, our master media decoder is back with us. welcome. >> thank you. >> so who's responsible for the widespread unawareness or ignorance that you report in your survey? is it the candidate, the media, or the voter? >> it's all three. and fortunately, we have the opportunity with presidential debates to do something that reliably increases knowledge. we've been studying presidential debates for a long time as a scholarly community. and to our surprise, we consistently find that those who watch debates, regardless of the level of
among its findings, only 51% know the romney-ryan plan would preserve traditional medicare for those 55 and older and retain it as an option for those now younger than that. only about half knew that mitt romn would keep the sh x cu in ple. fewer than half knew that romney and not obama had promised to increase defense spending. only 23% were aware that payroll taxes had decreased during obama's term in office. only slightly more than half knew that paul ryan is the republican vice presidential...
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and ryan are. >> i agree in the first debate, the president didn't show up. he needed to. the second time he was hungry. it showed that he wanted to speak to the issues that were important to women. issues around healthcare and the economy. these issues are bread and butter issues in america. i'm concerned who is in the polling strata. i asked african-american women did you get a call, is your vote registering in any of those poles? when we tease out those numbers, we will see a different polling as we get closer in the election. what they are working on now is getting out the vote wch is critical inny election. are black women going to turn out. are young voters who are out in high percentages, are they turning out? >> that's the question. there was a group of black women who got together to figure out how do we get the vote out. the president is reengineering and trying to reach that populace, the younger group that turned the tide for him in the election in 2008. he needs them to come back and be responsive and go to ballot box. >> we are looking athe fade
and ryan are. >> i agree in the first debate, the president didn't show up. he needed to. the second time he was hungry. it showed that he wanted to speak to the issues that were important to women. issues around healthcare and the economy. these issues are bread and butter issues in america. i'm concerned who is in the polling strata. i asked african-american women did you get a call, is your vote registering in any of those poles? when we tease out those numbers, we will see a different...
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that's the hashtag debates or hashtag romney/ryan 2012. and you can buy that term and the campaign is doing this. and that means that then you can promote who you want to promote. >> this week what the obama campaign is heavily promoting with that phrase "binders full of women" this was mitt romney making a comment about having binders full of women. some people have done this on their own but the president has personally tweeted or somebody on his behalf, mitt romney won't say whether he'll stand up for equal pay but he likes binders full of women. >> the world is shifting under our feet here so i'm wondering if we know whether any of this works. >> yes, now that we know that we can do this, someone can pay because of what i'm interested in to have something move to the top of my queue so it's more likely to catch my eye. do we know whether these things, people starting their own web pages, circulating these fun photos and collages that people put together, whether it changes anybody's mind, whether it gets them thinking about the issues?
that's the hashtag debates or hashtag romney/ryan 2012. and you can buy that term and the campaign is doing this. and that means that then you can promote who you want to promote. >> this week what the obama campaign is heavily promoting with that phrase "binders full of women" this was mitt romney making a comment about having binders full of women. some people have done this on their own but the president has personally tweeted or somebody on his behalf, mitt romney won't say...